Dr Anna Bobak

Senior Lecturer

Psychology University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Anna Bobak

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About me

I completed my PhD at Bournemouth University in 2016. I joined University of Stirling in August 2016 as a Research Assistant on an EPSRC project awarded to Peter Hancock. I am currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology.

Research (3)

I'm mainly interested in individual differences in unfamiliar face recognition. What are the true boundaries of face recognition and what processes we recruit to tell whether two faces are the same person or two different people? I have recently also become interested in the reliability of measurement and assessment of face processing skills- how confident can be that two similar tests are, in fact measuring the same processes?

My secondary interest is neurodiversity in women, with focus on Autism in ADHD. I am interested in lived-experience of neurodiversity, awareness in society, and camouflaging behaviours and their role.

Projects

3D interactive lineup identification
PI: Dr Anna Bobak
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Individual Differences in Holistic processing
PI: Dr Stephen Langton
Funded by: Experimental Psychology Society

Augmented Reality: A Step Change in Memory for Faces
PI: Dr Jamie Murray
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust

Outputs (17)

Outputs

Article

Berger A, Fry R, Bobak A, Juliano A & DeGutis J (2022) Distinct abilities associated with matching same identity faces versus discriminating different faces: Evidence from individual differences in prosopagnosics and controls. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221076817


Commentary

Bobak AK (2021) The generalizability of the laboratory face processing assessment: Invited commentary on Ramon (2021). Commentary on: Ramon, M (2021) Super-Recognizers –a novel diagnostic framework, 70 cases, and guidelines for future work, Neuropsychologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107809. Neuropsychologia, 158, Art. No.: 107810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107810